Improvement in machines for planing shingles



W. A. KITTS.

'MACHINES Fon PANING SHINGLES. @10,185,242, Patented D'ec.1z,1s7e.

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WILLARD A. KITTs, or oswaeo, NEW YORK.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 185.242, dated December 12, 1876; application filed April 4, 1876.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLARD A. KITTS, of Oswego, in the county of Oswego and State of N uw York, have invented an Improvement in Machines for Planing Shingles, of which the following is a speciflcation My invention relates to machinery' for planing taper-sawed shingles, both sides at one operation, in which the shingles are passed along the planing-knives by push-bars worked by endless chains 5' and it consists of rotary plan# ers in 'stationary bearings, one for each side of the shingle, and spring-pressers, for pressing the shingles against the planers, one plan er being arranged a little in advance ot' the other, with its presser' below, to plane the upper side, while the other planer, a little farther on, has its presser above to plane the under side, the arrangement being such that the taper shingles can be presented to planers in stationary bearings. The invention also consists of guides attached to the frames of the planers for pressing the push-bars ofthe endless chains away from the planers, so as to pass them Without touching the knives.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional eleva tion of my improved shingle-planing machine, the section being taken on the line y g/ot' Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a plan view, and Fig. 3 is a transverse section, taken on line w of Fig. l.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is the rotary planer for planing' the upper side of the shingle B. It is mounted in sta tionary bearings C, and has guides D to gage the shingle to it, and under it is a movable table, E, pressed up by springs F, to yield to the varying thickness of the shingle and keep it pressed up to the planer. The shingles a-re pushed along by the push-bars G, carried by the endless chains H. From planerA they pass along to the planer I, also mounted in stationary bearings, and over which is aspringpressed plate, J, to accommodate the varying thickness of the shingles and keep them pressed down to the gages D', so as to be dressed by the planer. This plate may be weighted, so as to work the saine as by the springs. It has studs or pins K working in slotted uprightsL to keep it in position against the tendency of the shingles to displace it, and at the same time allow it to rise and fall freely.

The table E is supported against this action by the guide D of the planer I.

M represents the guide to the planers for protecting them from the bars G, said guides being attached to the guides D D at each the planers.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. The combination of the yielding' and spring-pressed bed E with the planer A, ar-

as specified.

2. The combination, with planers A I, ofthe for the purpose specified'.

3. The combination ot the planer A, springpressed bed E, planer I, and weighted or spring-pressed presser J, substantially as specified.

4. The combination, with planers A I and guides D D, of the horizontal plates J, provided with studs or pins working in slotted uprights, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

WILLARD A.' KITTS. Witnesses WILLIAM J. TURCK, G. D. SCHERMERHORN.

end, so that they press the bars away from ranged in stationary bearings, substantially' guides D D, arranged substantially as and 

